Mapping the emergence of social media in everyday journalistic practices

Abstract

While there is much research to describe journalists’ use of social media to source and disseminate news about major events and interact with global audiences, there are few studies that focus on journalists’ use of social media within everyday news practices. This article uses qualitative surveys to provide a preliminary understanding of how journalists in Australia are utilising social media content in everyday news sourcing and reportage. The purpose of this study is, first, to understand journalists’ perceptions of how and why they use social media to source news and information and, second, to understand the organisational and professional implications for news sourcing in social media-enabled environments.

Journalist social media practice in China: A review and synthesis

“…This pattern of social media use in sourcing reflects the common concern among journalists over the accuracy and reliability of social media information, as identified in several other studies (e.g. Bossio and Bebawi, 2016;Ritter, 2015).…”

“…In addition to news sourcing, social media have been shown to be effective tools for breaking and updating news (Hermida, 2012). However, journalists have not widely used such features as interactivity and networking to allow the public to participate in news production (Bossio and Bebawi, 2016). Instead, journalists employed the interactive features mostly for gauging community interest and promoting individual news stories and media organizations (Bossio and Bebawi, 2016).…”

“…However, journalists have not widely used such features as interactivity and networking to allow the public to participate in news production (Bossio and Bebawi, 2016). Instead, journalists employed the interactive features mostly for gauging community interest and promoting individual news stories and media organizations (Bossio and Bebawi, 2016). The patterns of social media use in journalistic practices revealed challenges to the journalistic discipline of verification and objectivity, and the balance between professional and personal use (Barnard, 2016;Hermida, 2012).…”

Narrativa web en las noticias sobre celebridades: sintaxis multimedia y redes sociales como fuente de información

“…El que las redes sociales ocupen un espacio central en la información puede obedecer a que los periodistas han encontrado en las mencionadas plataformas un ambiente periodístico donde las publicaciones vertidas están propensas a convertirse en nota (Markopoulos et al, 2009;Hermida, 2010). Por otra parte, se puede entender como una ventaja en la producción de información puesto que el periodista ahora monitorea las redes en vez de buscar la nota en la calle, lo cual reduce costo y tiempo en sus rutinas (Bossio y Bebawi, 2016). En este sentido, es evidente la actitud del periodista convergente de estar en contacto directo con la información de las redes como lo apuntó Blasingame (2011).…”

Making the most of Twitter: How technological affordances influence Swedish journalists’ self-branding

“…Broersma & Graham, 2012), sourcing and verification (e.g. Williams et al, 2010;Bossio & Bebawi, 2016;Heravi & 13 Harrower, 2016), reporting (e.g. Vis, 2012), interacting with the audiences 25 (e.g.…”